The Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), Justina Nelson, has highlighted the need for ...

Pressure is mounting on Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency as environmental degradation ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Armah-Kofi Buah, has revoked 278 small-scale mining licenses across the country ...

The effect of illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsay, is now common knowledge: Polluted water bodies with a congenital ...

A study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pure Earth has revealed alarming levels of mercury, arsenic, lead, and other toxic metals in areas of Ghana affected by illegal small-scale ...

Justina Nelson, emphasised the need for sustainable mining practices to protect the ecosystem. She stated that sustainability is vital for long-term profitability in Ghana's mining industry and ...

ACCRA, Ghana — A surge in illegal mining that has reduced Ghana’s cocoa production, contaminated water supplies, and stoked food inflation looks set to be among the biggest challenges awaiting the ...

The Amansie West District Security Council (DISEC), has apprehended 21 foreign nationals, all identified as Burkinabes, for engaging in illegal mining activities in water bodies at Esaase Bontefufuo, ...

Ghana's bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers ...

THE National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and the Blue Water Guards have confiscated 12 excavators and arrested three people in a crackdown on illegal mining sites in the ...

The Ghanaian government is set to repeal its controversial pro-mining legislation, following weeks of demonstrations against environmentally disastrous mining, including the threat of a nationwide ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Ghana have again raised alarm over the scale of illegal mining in the country, saying that what should have been a national blessing has turned out to be a ...